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Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy The Babel fish and the existence of God revisited Aesop, Fables Is it the fault of the Greeks that the Germans are the way they supposedly are? Al Khamissi, Khaled Taxi World Heritage taxi Amades, Joan Històries i llegendes de Barcelona Candela's Law Amades, Joan Històries i llegendes de Barcelona Candela's Law Amades, Joan El pessebre Pere Botero's Amato, Joseph Anthony On foot: a history of walking Run like a gypsy Anam, Tahmima The good Muslim Etymology of Salafi clarified Aub, Max Campo cerrado Bush, the greatest intellectual of our time Aub, Max Campo cerrado Bush, the greatest intellectual of our time Aupí, Vicente Guía del clima de España Patron saint of Barcelona swapped because of climate change? Ayguals de Izco, Wenceslao La bruja de Madrid Luna de almendras amargas Azorín, Los pueblos Good judges Baldick, Robert The Duel: A History of Duelling Unusual duelling weapons Barea, Arturo The forge Magic oranges from Spain Barea, Arturo The forging of a rebel Investment is a simple game Baroja, Pío Aventuras, inventos y mixtificaciones de Silvestre Paradox Silvester Paradox meets Mr Macbeth Baroja, Pío Aventuras, inventos y mixtificaciones de Silvestre Paradox More churchy coppers Baroja, Pío Desde la última vuelta del camino Meaningless slogans Baroja, Pío La dama errante Leonardo Da Vinci's plagiarism of la Moreneta almost foretold Belpoliti, Marco Il corpo del capo The fundamental difference between Mussolini and Berlusconi Bennett, Alan The madness of George III The madness of King George, authorised for all pubics Bidwell, Margaret and Robin Morocco: the traveller's companion Tales of German technological failure Boccaccio, Giovanni The Decameron Brazilian pastor to his flock (f): "My penis emits sacred milk" Booth, Martin Gweilo: memories of a Hong Kong childhood Recession rations Bork, Robert H Coercing virtue: the worldwide rule of judges Anglocabron judicial colonialism Borrow, George Romany Rye French, Cockney, Dutch in Borrow Boswell, James The life of Samuel Johnson Sblood Spaniard you get no wall here Boswell, James Life of Johnson The RAE takes the wall and then goes and loses the bugger Bou, Lluís El Carmel ignorat Historical leak Brandes, Stanley Metaphors of masculinity: sex and status in Andalusian folklore More incompetence from the Real Academia Española Braudel, Fernand The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II A Spanish codpiece Braudel, Fernand The Mediterranean and the Mediterranean World in the Age of Philip II Barcelona and the decline of the city-state Brenan, Gerald South from Granada Gerald Brenan's children Brenan, Gerald South from Granada The Orotava Valley agricultural workers strike Brisset, Jean-Pierre La natation ou l'art de nager appris seul en moins d'une heure Jean-Pierre Brisset's false etymologies: proto-Derrida, demented fun Brown, James Wood An enquiry into the life and legend of Michael Scot The great Catalan gunpowder swindle Burns, Jimmy Barça: a people's passion: El Barça, Franco's favourite team? Butler, Samuel Erewhon Ewerthon Butler, Susan The Dinkum Dictionary Alfonso XII, the lost king or a titty-crazed joker? Cabet, Étienne Voyage en Icarie 10 sensational revelations concerning Étienne Cabet and his Journey to Icaria, with a biography of the author Calvo-Sotelo, Luis Emilio Bienvenido, Mister Marshall Spain, la gran puta Candel, Francisco Han matado un hombre, han roto el paisaje Cat for hare Candel, Francesc Han matado un hombre Zombie manufacturing Casas, Penelope The foods and wines of Spain Brazo de gitano with flesh-coloured filling Casas, Penelope The foods and wines of Spain Only sensible use for cheap red wine at 30C+ Casellas, Raimon Els sots feréstecs Sinful alien redheads: Roda-soques and Nathalie Borgé Cela, Camilo José A bote pronto French exam Cela, Camilo José Diccionario secreto A new etymology of "fanny" Cela, Camilo José Diccionario secreto Dogs' bollocks Cela, Camilo José Diccionario secreto Several innovative figures of speech from Arturo Pérez-Reverte Cela, La rosa How can Galicia be a nation if you can't get there from Brussels? Celan, Paul Fathomsuns Barcelona monument mistranslates Celan, misrepresents the Holocaust Chase, Richard American folk tales and songs Merchant of Texas Chatterjee, Upamanyu Mammaries of the welfare state Para tener buenos melones Chaves Nogales, Manuel A sangre y fuego Why I'm blogging less Chaves Nogales, Manuel La agonía de Francia On the other hand... Clark, Francis The "Gregorian" dialogues and the origins of Benedictine monasticism Revealed, the identity of the horny apparition in the story of St Benedict, the blackbird, and the nettles Cohen, Patricia Cline A calculating people: the spread of numeracy in early America Counting the corrupt Cohn, Norman The Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages "Erasmus, second son of Columbus the Catalan" Coltman Clephan, R The Mediaeval Tournament Pedro the Cruel's Jews Condon, Richard The Manchurian candidate More on the hack attack: Adolfo Daine/adol77dai51, Manchurian candidate? Crystal, David The Fight For English: How Language Pundits Ate, Shot, and Left Opportunist orthography Crystal, David Words on words: quotations about language and languages How Emperor Charles V ended up talking German to his horse (1) Dekker, Thomas The honest whore Here's looking at you, lunch Delicado, Francisco La lozana andaluza Prostitution in 16th century Rome Díaz, Junot The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao Spanglish, an important new literary language Díaz-Plaja, Fernando Anecdotario De La Guerra Civil Española Humorist takes Barcelona single-handed Doyle, Roddy The commitments Roddy Doyle's niggers of Europe explained Duncker, Patricia Hallucinating Foucault Foucault clarified Eco, Umberto Baudolino Castells, for real Eco, Umberto Travels in hyperreality Spanish traditional theme park architecture Eco, Umberto Travels in hyperreality Nationalism and the European elections, Berlusconi and the intra-Mediterranean risorgimento Ellmer, Bruno Classical and Contemporary Italian Cooking for Professionals Older sources for portobello mushrooms Erofeev, Venedikt Moscow to the End of the Line What drunks think of morning and evening people Escott, Colin Roadkill on the three-chord highway Heavy-drinking baby Espada, Arcadi Raval: del amor a los niños The legal practicality of resurrection in Spain Everett, Rupert The hairdressers of St Tropez Els perruquers de Saint Tropez Everett, Rupert The hairdressers of St Tropez Els perruquers de Saint Tropez Farage, Nigel Flying free The better the host, the worse his accommodations Farfan de los Godos, Antonio Cartas d'el Rei Don Fernando, O Catholico, a varios reis e principes do mundo, e suas respostas: colligidas e comentadas por Frey Antonio Farfan de los Godos, comendador na Ordem de São João de Jerusalem, no anno de 1499 Imaginary correspondence between Ferdinand the Catholic and Suleyman the Magnificent Fernández de Soria y Villanueva, Fernando Arrendamientos rústicos protegidos. Comentarios a la ley de 15 de julio de 1954. A Spaniard's home is his castle ... except when utilities are involved Fielding, Henry A Journey from This World to the Next I'll get it back, she said Fontana, Los catalanes en la guerra de España Hirsute pursuit Friedland, Martin The case of Valentine Shortis French and Russian cavalry rode backwards in retreat?! Fuertes, Gloria Glorierías Origins of "No hay pan para tanto chorizo" Fuligni, Bruno L'État c'est moi Trouble on the Trans-Saharan line Furst, Alan Dark star More ritual noise for pogroms Fussell, Paul The Great War and Modern Memory Gibraltarización / gibraltarisation Galbraith, John Kenneth The Great Crash, 1929 Boom and bust suicide myths Galofré, Jordi Documents de Catalunya O tempora, o moros: unilateral Christian assault on "rogue" Muslim statelet Galofré, Jordi Documents de Catalunya O tempora, o moros: unilateral Christian assault on "rogue" Muslim statelet Gately, Iain Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization Smoking Mary: herbal fumes and disease prevention Genet, Jean The thiefs journal Thief of Baghdad Gesell, Silvio The natural economic order Silvio Gesell disciple in Barcelona Giménez Caballero, Ernesto Memorias de un dictador Hitler's failed Falangist marriage Giordano, Paolo The solitude of prime numbers Spanish mis-translation of Paolo Giordano The solitude of prime numbers Gogol, The nose Did Carod really give a speech at New York University on inauguration day? Goknil, Can The Neighbor's Cats We're all going on a (hick) summer holiday Gordimer, Nadine A guest of honour Nerd riot Gordon, Flash Blood, Sweat & Gears: Ramblings on Motorcycling and Medicine Black Hitler Gouguenheim, Sylvain Aristote au Mont Saint-Michel "Islamic bridge of civilisation to the West over-rated" Gould, Stephen Jay Adam's navel Why God created Adam with a belly button Goytisolo, Juan Señas de identidad Pigeon poo Goytisolo, Juan Señas de identidad Pigeon poo Goytisolo, Juan Campos de Níjar The lurch and fall of the Almería coast Grahame-Smith, Seth Pride and prejudice and zombies Two Brad Pitt exclusives Groppa, Carlos The tango in the United States: a history Lithos by Xavier Cugat at Brok Grossman, Vasily A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army Of course the Día de la Hispanidad demonstration in Barcelona was tiny and composed exclusively of weirdos Hargreaves, John Freedom for Catalonia? Catalan nationalism, Spanish identity and the Barcelona Olympic Games And now a very spatial moment Harris, Benjamin Rifleman Harris Drunk and disorderly Harrow and Unwin, Joie de vivre in French literature and culture Wordsworth's take on the French revolution cast in doubt by a French corpus n-gram Hedman, Eva-Lotta E Philippine Politics and Society in the Twentieth Century: Colonial Legacies, Post-Colonial Trajectories Pork belly laughs come to Barcelona Hillgarth, The mirror of Spain A league and a turd/Legua y mierda Howson, Gerald The flamencos of Cadiz Bay Queers and gypsies Howson, Gerald The flamencos of Cadiz Bay Queers and gypsies Howson, Gerald The flamencos of Cadiz Bay More mystifications Hughes, Robert Barcelona Submarooned Hugo, Victor Les miserables Hedgehogs @ €600 Hunter, Dard Papermaking Catalan etymology of paper? Probably not Hunter-Watts, Guy Small Hotels and Inns of Andalucia The dirtiest hotels in Spain Jansson, Tove Comet in Moominland Hunting Spanish trolls Jardiel Poncela, Enrique Amor se escribe sin hache Albacete / Birmingham / New York Jardiel Poncela, Enrique Amor se escribe sin hache Albacete / Birmingham / New York Jardiel Poncela, Enrique Amor se escribe sin hache Errar es umano Jennings, Humphrey Pandæmonium 1660-1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers Indianes angleses Jennings, Humphrey Pandæmonium 1660-1886: The Coming of the Machine as Seen by Contemporary Observers Indianes angleses Johnson, James William A Profane Wit: The Life of John Wilmot "Chaste, pious, prudent": to which British king does the poem below the break refer? Kasmir, Sharryn The Myth of Mondragon Mondragón Khadra, Yasmina The Swallows of Kabul Orenetes Labanyi, Jo Constructing Identity in Contemporary Spain: Theoretical Debates and Cultural Practice Taken by the gypsies Lancaster, Osbert With an eye to the future Some day I'll fly away, or how to freak out swallows Lancaster, Osbert Drayneflete revealed 1908 driver's-eye film of a Barcelona tram travelling from Paseo de Gracia via Salmerón (Gran), Lesseps, and República de Argentina to Graywinckel (Craywinckel) Lane Fox, Robin The classical world Incompatibility of science and corrupt society Laporte, Dominique History of shit Caganers, nation, faith Laporte, Dominique History of Shit Perfumes de Barcelona: cancion catable, si oliera, el diablo que la leyera Larkin, Philip High windows Windows Vista: Error en el servicio Servicio de perfil de usuario al iniciar sesion. No se puede cargar el perfil de usuario Larry, Yan The extraordinary adventures of Karik and Valya Poppy Leigh Fermor, Patrick The traveller's tree The Kelston Turnpike Lenin, VI One step forward, two steps back Two views of progress Lenin, Vladimir Illich Collected works The Asociación de Familias Adoptantes en China promotes itself with a picture of slitty-eyed chinkies León, Ricardo Cristo en los infiernos Trafalgar dreaming Lester, Meera Adventures in mosaics Mosaic as de-/reconstruction Lévi-Strauss, Claude The raw and the cooked From cooked to raw in Almería Llull, Ramon Book of the beasts Bestiaries (ii): Llull and Orwell López et al, Albert Arqueologia, història i art de l'església de Sant Valentí de les Cabanyes Chiste de indignados Lutwack, Leonard Birds in Literature A bird in the hand Maalouf, Amin The Crusades through Arab eyes Spurious history: the origins of shepherd's pie Maalouf, Amin The Crusades through Arab eyes Spurious history: the origins of shepherd's pie MacDonald Fraser, George Flashman and the Tiger Crisis, what crisis? MacFarlane, Robert Mountains of the Mind: How Desolate and Forbidding Heights Were Transformed into Experiences of Indomitable Spirit Vuilnis Machiavelli, Niccolò The prince Outsourcing in the Spanish military Mackaman, Douglas World War I and the cultures of modernity Ernesto Giménez Caballero and Catalan totalitarianism Mackaman, Douglas World War I and the cultures of modernity Ernesto Giménez Caballero and Catalan totalitarianism Manguel, Alberto A history of reading Nicknackerynoo Margueritte, Victor La garçonne The Spanish Prostitute Moment in pre-war French popular novels Margueritte, Victor La garçonne Éo Marsé, Juan Últimas tardes con Teresa The green of the louse/Lo verde del piojo Max-Bembo, La mala vida en Barcelona "Sorceress" Raquel Meller, TIME Magazine cover Max-Bembo, La mala vida en Barcelona Pajillera/tosser Mellers, Wilfrid Twilight of the Gods Karlheinz Stockhausen, "one of the most important ... composers of the 20th and early 21st centuries"? Menéndez Pelayo, Marcelino Historia de los heterodoxos españoles Bollocks in 16th century Spanish writing Menéndez Pelayo, Marcelino Historia de los heterodoxos españoles Bollocks in 16th century Spanish writing Menéndez Pelayo, Marcelino Historia de los heterodoxos Spanish liberals, suicide and God Menéndez Pelayo, Marcelino Historia de los heterodoxos españoles Marcelino Menéndez Pelayo on George Borrow Meyer, Michael Life in the vanishing backstreets of a city transformed Destruction of old Peking Minsheu, John Pleasant and delightfull dialogues Interchangeability of nominative and genitive forms of Spanish patronymics? Miquel i Planas, Ramon El librero asesino de Barcelona Inspirational tale for bubonic plagiarists Monette, Paul Nosferatu The Vampyre We're fixing Nosferatu/Estem arreglant Nosferatu Monette, Paul Nosferatu Absent presence: shadow without cat Moravia, Alberto Boredom The end of boredom and the last adult Morrell, David First Blood: Rambo My First Blood moment Morris, Edmund Theodore Rex Vote UKIP in the May European elections! Nabokov, Vladimir Strong opinions The decline of psychoanalysis charted Ortega Munilla, José Chispas del yunque Pejorocracy, government of the worst Ortega y Gasset, José La rebelión de las masas The madness of Níjar Ortega y Gasset, José La rebelión de las masas The madness of Níjar Ortega y Gasset, José España invertebrada Anti-guiri? yes, but... Ortega y Gasset, José Artículos Out-of-date ideologies Ortega y Gasset, José La rebelión de las masas Sinn Fein-IRA joke Ortínez, Manuel Una vida entre burgesos Franco and inflation Parker Willis, Nathaniel Summer cruise in the Mediterranean on board an American frigate Cappuccino Parrott, Cecil The bad Bohemian Jaroslav HaÅ¡ek in Barcelona, almost Patterson, John Henry The Man-eaters of Tsavo J'suis pas Cecil Pearson, Harry Racing pigs and giant marrows: travels around the north country fairs Persistent rains produce more giant Spanish plants Pérez Galdós, Benito Zumalacárregui Galdós and those spud-crazy guiris Pérez Galdós, Benito The disinherited Hemp horses Pérez Galdós, Benito Rosalía C19th noise pollution Pérez Galdós, Benito La desheredada The semantics of the Catalan and Andalusian "ea" Pigault-Lebrun, Guillaume L'enfant du bordel Get another of Paul de Kock's Pla, José Un señor de Barcelona More iconoclasm in the Catalan pre-Pyrenees Pla, José Un señor de Barcelona Tolstoy's finch, linnet mania, and a false etymology of "shibboleth" Poikolainen, Kari Perfect drinking and its enemies Statistically speaking I've got my drinking about right Quiñones, Fernando Relatos de don Carnal Back in circulation Quiñones, Fernando De Cádiz y sus Cantes Borderline nonsense language in Cádiz carnival Remarque, Erich Maria The Road Back Remarque, The Road Back Rexach, JM La fiera corrupia Campaign to get people to dance in Catalan Rexach, JM La fiera corrupia Campaign to get people to dance in Catalan Rice, Elmer Cook The national standard squab book - a practical manual for the installation of a successful squab plant - how to make a pigeon and squab business pay Cooking with pigeons in Spain Robb, Graham The discovery of France The colonisation of Paris Rodoreda, Mercè The time of the doves Sales of Catalan-language fiction in English translation on Amazon Roth, Joseph Rebellion Blackletter OCR Ruiz Zafón, Carlos The shadow's wind Arty-farty Ruiz Zafón, Carlos Shadow of the wind Hilarious Shadow of the wind reviews Rumsfeld, Donald Known and Unknown Spain, invisible; leaders, dumb Sagan, Eli At the Dawn of Tyranny Squeezing it for all it's worth Saviano, Roberto Gomorrah Saddam and Gomorrah Schiavelli, Vincent Bruculinu, America Pan di Spagna? Scott, Michael The cruise of the midge Bacalado Scott, Michael The cruise of the midge Bacalado Self, Will The butt Terminal Germinal Semprun, Jorge Netchaïev est de retour More Francophone condemnations of the US Sender, Ramón La tesis de Nancy The oldest surname in the world Sirera Miralles, Carles Cuando el fútbol no era el rey Collserola bike accident anecdotes Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove Linguistic Genocide in Education Language immersion counter-productive, says Finnish prof Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove Linguistic Genocide in Education Language immersion counter-productive, says Finnish prof Smiles, Samuel James Nasmyth Foundry extension near Castellbisbal Süskind, Patrick Perfume Perfume Süskind, Patrick Perfume Perfume Theroux, Paul The mosquito coast Mosquitoes, alcohol and violence Thompson, Christopher The Tour de France: a cultural history The cycling Cartesian Tóibín, Colm A long winter Specs on the beach Tombs, Pete Mondo Macabro: Weird and Wonderful Cinema Around the World Euro exploitation flick documentaries on YouTube Torres, Maruja Mientras vivimos The number 73 Torres, Maruja Mientras vivimos The number 73 Tortella, Gabriel The development of modern Spain Buffalo Bill, first vendor of palomitas/popcorn in Spain? Toseland, Martin The Ants are my Friends: Misheard Lyrics, Malapropisms, Eggcorns and Other Linguistic Gaffes "Amaral pide que el estadio sea una hoya a presión" Townsend Warner, Sylvia With the Hunted: Selected Writings Sylvia Townsend Warner, The scapegoat, and the Diodorus phallic thimble quatrain Tschiffely, A.F. Tschiffely's Ride Tschiffely's Ride Vallmitjana, Juli Sota Montjuïc Birthday pics Vargas Llosa, Mario The feast of the goat The perejil shibboleth Vargas Llosa, Mario Guide to the Perfect Latin American Idiot Guide to the Perfect Spanish Idiot Venkatesh, Sudhir Gang Leader for a Day Yet another example of "If you're from Catalonia/Belgium/Hampshire, then you must speak Catalan/Belgian/Hampshire" Verdaguer, Jacint L'Atlàntida I read all of L'Atlàntida! Voltaire, Candide Calling all Barcelona-based Ukrainian anarcho-communists Wald, Elijah Narcocorrido Needed, a ballad for the Olli Rehn empire Waugh, Evelyn Decline and fall Ngram: afternoon nap vs siesta Wittgenstein, Ludwig Philosophical Investigations Duck-billed dog Zamora Vicente, Alonso Dialectología española blimey es para que te suba el blood pressure Zamyatin, Yevgeny We ¡Bienvenido a la caverna!
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